Question about zoloft/ sertraline 50mg?

my Doctor prescribe me zoloft/ sertraline 50mg yesterday for depression. she said its my choice to take it or take it and if I don't want stop it. I am 32 years old female and 5'2 and around 50kg (110lb). I am dead scared of gaining weight even a pound.
By the a way im not the type that depression caused... show more my Doctor prescribe me zoloft/ sertraline 50mg yesterday for depression. she said its my choice to take it or take it and if I don't want stop it. I am 32 years old female and 5'2 and around 50kg (110lb). I am dead scared of gaining weight even a pound.
By the a way im not the type that depression caused weight loss or lost of appetite.
please tell me your experience.

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Best Answer: I would recommend you to watch following DVD that is available online if you have fast internet. It's told by psychiatrists, psychologists and people who worked for pharmaceutical companies. It informs you - beside other things - about side effects that are not often being told by psychiatrists. It also suggests an alternative in the end. When you then make a decision to take antidepressants, you may be better prepared, educated and understand what's going on when you encounter some bad side effects. I would say that these information are actually vital.
The link sounds a little scary - that’s because many antidepressants have suicidal thoughts and impulses as side effects which you can also read inside the pack of some antidepressants.

For the last few months my doctor had me on Citalopram HBr (Celexa) 40mg. It made me extremely tired and It felt like I became immune to it. So Today I was prescribed (Zoloft) Sertraline HCL 50mg. I haven't made the switch yet i have to gradually move into it i cuting the pills in half. So I actually would not have taken my first half pill of this until next Thursday. So I don't know how much help I am right now. Through the Celexa I actually lost weight. It makes you so drained and exhausted your actually forget to eat. I'm 18, 5/3, and was 99lbs before I started any antidepressants. Today I'm 93lbs. I've only started months ago. So if I were you I would just be worried about weight loss. You're small like me so you won't gain anything. Just remember to make yourself eat, because I eat like a cow and still lose weight! It's for severe depression so regardless to if your depression has caused weight loss or loss of appetite or not has nothing to do with it. Its all about your symptoms, your situation, how long you've been undergoing it, etc. Everyone is different so my outcome could be totally different than yours since we're medicated for simular but very different reasons. Hope this helps!

I've lost 17 pounds in 12 days, I'm just concerned that I'm losing too much weight, too quickly. I will admit I haven't followed the guide exactly. I'm not sticking perfectly to the listed foods and meal plans (but mostly) and doing very little exercise, but the weight keeps flying off.

It clearly works and if I'd followed it exactly I think it would scare the living daylights out of me because of the amount that I'd lose. So thanks again for the information. I've never purchased anything like this before because they are usually full of trash, but 3WD has been a pleasant surprise.